State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Oklahoma
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Oklahoma, $45,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
Maine vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $60,070
- p25
- $49,250
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $47,290
- p90
- $62,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
Oklahoma
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $45,740
- p25
- $37,210
- p75
- $47,990
- p10
- $36,030
- p90
- $58,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.